Creation and configuration of compound widgets / Google Inc.

Title: Creation and configuration of compound widgets.Abstract: The present application discloses systems, computer-readable media, and methods for generating and storing compound user-selectable data-capable widgets, each widget comprising a graphical display characteristic and a computer-executable functional characteristic. In response to receiving a selection instruction selecting two or more widgets, and receiving a create compound widget instruction, a first compound widget is created from the plurality of selected widgets, and is placed in a widget palette from which additional widgets can be placed. In response to receiving a second selection instruction selecting the first compound widget, and one or more placement instructions, placing the first compound widget a plurality of times within a representation of one or more pages. Each of the placed first compound widgets includes at least one characteristic that is shared across the plurality of placed first compound widgets such that an update to one instantiation of the first compound widget updates the other placed first compound widgets. ...

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20121115|20120290955|creation and configuration of compound widgets|The present application discloses systems, computer-readable media, and methods for generating and storing compound user-selectable data-capable widgets, each widget comprising a graphical display characteristic and a computer-executable functional characteristic. In response to receiving a selection instruction selecting two or more widgets, and receiving a create compound widget instruction, a first |Google-Inc